Directions: Read the
passage given below
and answer the
questions that follow
(Q. No. 1 to 9) by
selecting the most
appropriate option.
Surviving a Snakebite
1 Annually, there are a
million cases of
snakebite in India and of
these, close to 50,000
succumb to the bites.
2 When you look around
the countryside, where
most bites occur, and
notice people's habits
and lifestyles, these
figures aren't
surprising. People walk
barefoot without a
torch at night when
they are most likely to
step on a foraging
venomous snake.
3 We encourage
rodents by disposing
waste food out in the
open, or by storing
foodgrains in the house.
Attracted by the smell
of rats, snakes enter
houses and when one
crawls over someone
asleep on the floor and
the person twitches or
rolls over, it may bite in
defence.
4 Once bitten, we don't
rush to the hospital.
Instead, we seek out
the nearest conman,
tie tourniquets, eat vile
tasting herbal
chutneys, apply
poultice